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The Last Boy Scout

1991

Tony Scott

Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham ...

6.2

38,650

Action. Comedy A former Secret Service agent named Joe Hallenbeck (Bruce Willis) and a former pro quarterback Jimmy Dix (Damon Wayans) team up to investigate the murder of a girlfriend working as a stripper.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	“A superb example of what it is: a glossy, skillful, cynical, smart, utterly corrupt and vilely misogynistic action thriller (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"Mr. Scott directs the film as if he were trying to win a prize for demolishing a building in record time. "	NEU
United States	Bill Cosford Miami Herald	"Pointless and vile, The Last Boy Scout is a perfect example of what's wrong with Hollywood.	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"A cheerfully disreputable buddy thriller that also happens to be one of most entertaining movies of the season"	POS
United States	Kathleen Maher Austin Chronicle	"Producer Joel Silver and Willis keep trying to remake 'Die Hard'"	NEG
United States	Michael Wilmington Los Angeles Times	"A story about lonely heroism in a sick age should be a little hipper to what's really heroic and what's really sick"	NEU
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"There’s really nothing special about this entertaining if mindless shoot-’em-up other than an ample supply of amusing juvenile put-downs and elaborate action sequences"	NEU
United Kingdom	Joanna Berry Empire	"This is a movie for the boys who like watching men being real men - cursing, shooting and fighting"	POS
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"Strictly for viewers who don't want surprises, just a laundry list of buddyisms."	NEG

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